Soup up your laptop!
Keep it safe! Practice safe
computing - be sure you have virus
protection and keep it up-to-date!
Print from your laptop
Install the free software linked below to use Library printers.Supported operating systems -- Vista users, please read
- Crerar Library
Windows B&W - Windows color - Mac OSX - D'Angelo Law Library
Windows B&W - Mac OSX - Eckhart Library
Windows B&W - Mac OSX - Harper Library
Windows B&W - Mac OSX - Regenstein Library
Windows B&W - Color - Duplex B&W (Instructions) - Mac OSX
- Social Service Administration Library
Windows B&W - Mac OSX
At NSIT's USITE clusters, see complete instructions for wireless printing.
At the GSB, see complete instructions for wireless printing.
Simplify your citing
- RefWorks: Put citations in your MSWord documents with Write-N-Cite
- Log into RefWorks. Go to Tools --> Write-N-Cite. (Instructions)
- Using it off-campus? Using Write-N-Cite with the proxy server
- Learn more: Sign up for a RefWorks workshop.
- EndNote: Download
the connection file for the Library Catalog
- Learn more: Sign up for an EndNote workshop.
Streamline your research
- GoogleScholar: See our help guide to make the most of it.
- Oxford English Dictionary: Install the OED bookmarklet for IE, Firefox or Safari.
- Firefox: Search the Library catalog and the University web sites
from your Firefox browser.
- LibX Library search Firefox toolbar (BETA version)
- Library catalog title browse Firefox plugin
- Library catalog author browse Firefox plugin
- Library catalog keyword search Firefox plugin
- University
of Chicago Google Search Firefox plugin
- ProxyIt! bookmarklet for Firefox, Safari, and IE
Other search tools
- Art
Use images from ArtStor -- download the OIV (Offline Image Viewer) - Chemistry
- Beilstein/Gmelin and CrossFire -- instructions
- SciFinder Scholar (aka Chemical Abstracts) -- instructions
- Spanish
Diccionario de la Real Academia Española bookmarklet